"Second Senior Brother, why are you here?"
Li Zhi never dreamed that when he came to visit the Supreme Master at Tushita Palace, the person who opened the door for him was his second senior brother Zhu Bajie who had traveled west to learn Buddhist scriptures.
However, at this time, Zhu Bajie was no longer dressed as a monk. Although he still retained his unique appearance, he was wearing a fairy armor, looking like a general commanding thousands of armies.
If you ignore the part above his neck, Zhu Bajie is really not inferior to those famous heavenly generals that Li Zhi has seen, especially the aura exuding from him, which is as stable as Mount Tai's collapse without changing his expression.
"Haha, little junior brother...oh, should I call you His Majesty the Tang Emperor now? This is the Tushita Palace. I, Lao Zhu, am Lao Jun's registered disciple. Isn't it normal to appear here?"
Even though he changed his attire, Zhu Bajie couldn't hide his heartfelt enthusiasm when he saw Li Zhi.
Even Li Zhi sensitively discovered that Zhu Bajie seems to be much happier now than when he was studying for Buddhist scriptures, and his state...
Wait, when did the second senior brother's realm reach the middle stage of "Daluo Golden Immortal"? Could it be said that today's "Daluo Golden Immortal" is so worthless?
"What are you talking about, Second Senior Brother? Do you and I still need to be so hostile? Don't say that I just became the Lord of the Tang Dynasty. Even in the future... ahem, in front of you Then you must have the consciousness of being a junior disciple."
Li Zhi was also very happy. It had been almost twenty years since we said goodbye on the way to seek Buddhist scriptures, right?
As for Tang Monk, he has now seen the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda" in Daci'en Temple a few times. Although it is no longer the same feeling as before, at most it can be regarded as neither an enemy nor a friend.
Xiao Bailong even came under his command, and Li Zhi also understood the situation of his senior brother, but there was no news about the second senior brother Zhu Bajie and the third senior brother.
However, during the years when he stayed in the Buddhist scripture-seeking team, Li Zhi really didn't have much contact with Monk Sha. Instead, the silly-looking Zhu Bajie in front of him was often remembered by Li Zhi in the past few years.
"Haha, you are indeed my junior brother, Lao Zhu, but your cultivation level is too lagging behind. Why haven't you reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm yet? Hahaha——"
Zhu Bajie and Li Zhi would naturally not take the "teasing" between brothers seriously, and how could Zhu Bajie really be laughing at Li Zhi?
Although the two of them had not met in nearly twenty years, Zhu Bajie had heard about Li Zhi's impressive achievements for a long time. He even showed off his relationship with Li Zhi in front of his old friends more than once.
The "Tushita Palace" looks like a palace from the outside. Once you step inside, you find that this place is a bit too big.
If we refer to the area of the "Daming Palace" in Chang'an City, it would be at least as big as dozens of "Daming Palaces", but there are not too many buildings inside.
It's less like a palace and more like a manor.
The strange thing is that Li Zhi found that there was no place to focus under his feet. It turned out to be a suspended blessed land.
"Junior brother, the gate we passed just now is called the Tianmen, and the platform in front of us is called the Xuandian Platform. After passing this platform and walking forward, you can enter the Wucai Palace."
Zhu Bajie led the way and stopped to explain from time to time. He didn't look like he was out to greet guests, but more like a tour guide in the "Tushita Palace".
"Junior brother, have you seen the pool in front? There is the Tianyi Golden Pool. Next to it is the Immortal Blessed Land, which is where the eldest master receives guests and friends. Let's go there quickly."
There is only one true disciple of Taishang Laojun, the Great Master Xuandu who is famous in the three realms but rarely appears. To be more precise, Master Xuandu should actually be regarded as a disciple of Saint Taiqing.
However, in the eyes of Master Xuandu, since the Supreme Lord who sits in the "Tushita Palace" is the good corpse of the Supreme Saint, it is not inappropriate to call him "Master".
Can.
As for other people, such as Zhu Bajie in front of him, or Li Xuan who Li Zhi once met by the Liusha River, they can only be regarded as registered disciples at best, so they can only be called "big master" in terms of title.
"Tianyi Golden Pond", the water flows all year round, is shrouded in mist and full of spiritual power, making the entire "Tushita Palace" both real and illusory, like a dream or smoke.
Zhu Bajie and Li Zhi stopped when they arrived at the "Blessed Land of Immortals". If they continued walking forward, they would reach Taishang Laojun's alchemy room, and behind the alchemy room was Taishang Laojun. The place of daily living is the "Da Qing Hall".
As a foreigner, Li Zhi naturally could not be taken to the back house. He waited alone outside the "Huixian Blessed Land" while Zhu Bajie went inside to report.
After a while, Zhu Bajie walked out, and behind him was a jumping... little fat pig?
"Haha, junior brother, I've been waiting for a long time. Boy, go over and kowtow to your senior uncle——"
Before Li Zhi could speak, Zhu Bajie said "seriously" and even kicked the little pig on the butt out of habit.
"Hmph - if you bully me again, I will go back and tell my mother that you will not be allowed to go to my mother's bed -"
The little fat pig was kicked somersaulting, but stood up again smoothly, as if this action had been practiced countless times.
"Are you the little uncle that my father often mentioned? You are quite energetic. Compared with me, Zhu Yijie, you are only a little bit behind. In terms of handsomeness alone, Xiaozhu I don’t dare to say that it was completely crushed, I can only say that it was a narrow victory..."
The little fat pig walked around Li Zhi several times, snorting and rolling his eyes, and finally stopped in front of Li Zhi.
"Haha, Second Senior Brother, is this your son? Zhu Yijie? Isn't he going to be in front of you?"
Seeing this pink and tender little chubby pig, Li Zhi inexplicably remembered the protagonist of a later cartoon, Peppa Pig.
However, judging from the way this little fat pig was dressed, he should be a boy, but Li Zhi really couldn't tell his age.
"Hey, this careless boy is really my old pig's enemy. He's obviously here to collect debts."
...
It turns out that the little fat pig in front of him is the son of Zhu Bajie and Miss Gao Cuilan of Gao Laozhuang.
I think back then, Tang Monk and his entourage passed by Gao Laozhuang and took Marshal Tianpeng as his disciple. In fact, at that time, Miss Gao Cuilan was already pregnant.
The child she was pregnant with was also a strange child. Gao Cuilan was pregnant with him for a full fourteen years before she was born on her own initiative.
It is estimated that if the original process of seeking Buddhist scriptures is followed, Zhu Bajie will be able to go back for Buddhist scriptures just in time, and the child will be able to see his father when he lands.
Unfortunately, something like Li Zhi happened to happen, which inadvertently extended the trip for a few years. When Zhu Bajie returned to Gao Laozhuang again, what he saw was a fat little pig that could run all over the mountain.
A normal person gave birth to a piglet. Such a shocking thing would naturally be spread throughout Gaolaozhuang and everyone knew about it.
Under pressure, the elderly Gao Taigong had no choice but to evict Gao Cuilan and the newborn piggy from the house and live in the mountains behind.
Although the little fat pig looks "different", in Gao Cuilan's eyes, he is extremely well-behaved. At least he is many times better than his father, Zhu Bajie.
Worried that Zhu Bajie would not be able to find their mother and son one day when she came back, Gao Cuilan did not dare to stay away and lived in a cave with poor conditions for several years.
The little fat pig is worthy of being the descendant of Zhu Bajie. He was born with astonishing strength and a natural body of steel. Although he is still young, the birds and beasts all over the mountain are really no match for him.
Mrs. Gao also felt sorry for her daughter and kept secretly helping her. The mother and son could barely make ends meet in the back mountains. .
Originally, Gao Cuilan named her child "Zhu Shouzhuo". The mother did not want her son to be very successful in the future, as long as he could live peacefully.
When Zhu Bajie returned to Gao Laozhuang and saw Gao Cuilan and her son, the joy and guilt in his heart were indescribable.
Since Gao Laozhuang was no longer habitable, Zhu Bajie simply took his wife and son back to the "Yunzhan Cave" in Fuling Mountain after a long absence.
Of course, with his wife and son, Lao Zhu's "Yunzhan Cave" naturally could no longer be the same as it was before, and he had modified it with great power.
The inside of the cave is overflowing with fragrance and full of spiritual power, and outside the cave there are flowers, plants, bamboos, bright mountains and beautiful waters.
Now planning to settle here, Zhu Bajie began to teach his son the skills, "Thirty-six Transformations of Tiangang", "Dapin Tianxian Jue", "Fire Light Escape", "Seventy-two Ways to Fight the Sky Raking", and even Gao Cuilan started Practice the simple technique of breathing in and out.
Unfortunately, the good times of a loving father and a filial son did not last long. Zhu Bajie discovered that his son, even though he was only five or six years old, had already grown into a demon king. Isn't this too capable of causing trouble?
I was so good at Fulingshan, but I was forced into a mess by this kid, so I learned some flying skills, and then I dared to run to the wild mountains hundreds of miles away, and made some bad friends.
That's right, those little fat pigs make friends with are real bad friends. The little fat pigs let themselves go and even take them to "Yunzhan Cave" to eat and drink.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Bajie also made full use of his status as the "Pure Altar Envoy". All kinds of offerings in temples within a radius of thousands of miles were brought over by Zhu Bajie.
As a "Pure Altar Envoy", if you don't do this, you would be a bit sorry for Tathagata Buddha's "preference" to him.
In the end, the old pig didn't eat much of the many tributes, but let his boy generously entertain the beasts all over the mountain.
Zhu Bajie, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally gave his little fat pig a lesson on a sunny afternoon - he hung it in a net from a tree for a day and a night.
As for Little Fatty Pig's friends, one by one, they were all thrown thousands of miles away by Zhu Bajie. They were not killed because Old Pig had become successful in worshiping Buddha over the years.
From then on, Lao Zhu began to strictly discipline their little fat pig and directly gave up all his "bad" hobbies.
Zhu Yijie, this is the new name Lao Zhu gave his son. It does not mean that he is only allowed to quit one thing, but that he must quit all the things that Lao Zhu thinks should not be done.
"Hahaha, I think this ring nephew is quite well-behaved. The key is that this confidence is the most rare thing. Come on, my uncle didn't prepare any decent gifts when we met for the first time, so I gave you this storage ring. "
Li Zhi took something off his hand, which was the storage ring that Yang Jian, who transformed into Liu Boqin, gave him when he was in "Two Realms Mountain".
Nowadays, Li Zhi no longer needs this thing. His weird sea of consciousness doesn't even know how many things he can hold.
"Thank you, uncle, wow, there are so many delicious foods——"
In the storage ring, Li Zhi had already secretly replaced it with some rare and exotic fruits.
Some were cultivated by Sun Simiao in the "Lizheng Palace", and there were also some stocks that Li Zhi had obtained from various places over the years, and there were even two jujubes that his son Chenxiang brought from the "Mountains and Rivers Sheji Map".
"Hey, Yi Jie, why don't you give half of it to dad? There are so many good things, even a kid like you can't finish them all."
Seeing Zhu Yijie take out a flat peach from the storage ring and start chewing it, Zhu Bajie drooled in a hopeless manner.
There are more than a dozen flat peaches, but they were cultivated by Sun Simiao. Compared with the ones in the "Peach Garden" in heaven, they are thousands of miles away, but they are still full of spiritual energy after taking a bite.
"Hmph, don't even think about it. This is what my junior uncle gave me. Junior uncle, please be busy first. I'm going to practice my martial arts——"
Afraid that his father would not follow martial arts ethics, the little fat pig gnawed on the peaches, jumped up and down, and disappeared.
"You brat, you're a solitary eater. Fortunately, I had the audacity to bring you to the great master to practice cultivation. You're like a pig with blank eyes..."
Well, the little fat pig has disappeared, and Zhu Bajie is still there vomiting sour water.
"Haha, what's wrong with Second Senior Brother?
It's becoming more and more childish. No wonder your cultivation level has reached the level of Daluo Jinxian, and the nephew Yijie has also reached the level of Xuanxian in the late stage. It's gratifying. "
Seeing such a strange father and son, Li Zhi couldn't help but miss his own boy. It seemed that maybe every brat was against his father like this?
...
"Human boy Li Zhi, pay your respects to Laojun——"
"Huixian Blessed Land" is also a courtyard. An old man is sitting cross-legged in the pavilion, serving a boy beside him. Li Zhi is not sure whether this is a golden horn or a silver horn?
"Haha, you are really well-groomed. Here, Emperor Tang doesn't need to be restrained. Since you are Taoist Brother Zhenyuan's disciple, how can I call you a senior? You and I can treat each other as fellow Taoists."
Taishang Laojun looked at Li Zhi carefully. He naturally knew about Li Zhi's "prestige". He even witnessed Li Zhi's grand scene of dealing with the thunder disaster from thousands of miles away.
However, when they met face to face, Taishang Laojun's heart, which had not fluctuated for many years, jumped inexplicably.
The Supreme Being forgets his feelings, not because he is ruthless, but because he devotes all his energy to forgetting.
Among the Three Pure Saints, the one who is most closely connected with the Three Realms now is probably the Supreme Saint.
Not only did the good corpse stay in heaven all year round, Taishang Laojun also transformed into a clone of Laozi, founded Taoism, and educated all people.
Looking back at the three oriental religions that were all-powerful in those days, we can see that the Human Sect is already lacking in talents, the Jie Sect exists in name only, and the Chan Sect has also fallen apart.
On the contrary, Taoism founded by Laozi has become the most popular belief among hundreds of millions of people. It has also become the common name for these forces that were retained by the three Eastern religions in the three worlds today.
If we talk about who is the best at deduction in the ancient world, it must be the Supreme Lord in front of us. Even the saints are not as good as him. The Emperor Fuxi who is far away in the "Fire Cloud Cave" also has to do the same. A bit inferior.
The "excessive" modesty shown by Taishang Laojun puzzled Zhu Bajie on the side, but he couldn't ask questions on the spot, so he could only stand aside and watch the two people silently.
"You're welcome, Sir. When I was young and vigorous, my sworn sworn relationship with Brother Zhenyuan was a temporary act, but now I think about it and I feel a little ashamed."
Li Zhi didn't understand what kind of medicine this boss was selling. He didn't think that a figure like Taishang Laojun needed to please him, the lord of the Tang Dynasty.
"Although my little friend is coming to this Tushita Palace for the first time, in fact, the fate between you and me has long been destined."
"Leaving aside the fact that you, Li Tang, think you are Li Er incarnation of me, have you forgotten about the seven-day teaching of scriptures at Biluo House by the Luoshui River?"
By the Luoshui River, Biluoju?
As the Supreme Lord asked this question, the floodgates of Li Zhi's memory opened. It was already more than 20 years ago...
It is almost dusk in the ice and snow; by the Luoshui River, the blue sky is in the middle.
The uninvited guest is a coiled dragon and a flat crutch; his nose has two bones and his ears have six holes.
The food is like glutton, and the wine is poured; for seven days, the scriptures are passed down, and the yin and yang of the Nascent Soul are revealed.
"So that person is the Taoist sect's founder? I was a mortal with naked eyes and didn't know the true saint, but I got seven days of benefits in vain. I'm really ashamed of myself——"
Having said everything so clearly, Li Zhi naturally could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and gave a deep salute to the Supreme Lord.
Although the person who taught me the scriptures was Lao Tzu Li Er, and the person in front of me was Taishang Laojun, who could really subdivide these?
Speaking of which, Saint Taiqing is also a very interesting person.
As a high-ranking saint, he naturally has three clones, namely the Good Corpse, the Evil Corpse and Obsession.
It's just that people are usually familiar with his good corpse, which is the Taishang Laojun in front of him. In many cases, Taishang Laojun even represents the Taiqing Saint.
And Taishang Laojun has inherited the "hobby" of Taiqing Saint, and has incarnated countless times. It is said that I don't have it either.
This is just his eighteenth incarnation.
"Haha, the reason why I bring up old things again is not because I want you to be grateful. Fate is so elusive that even a saint may not be able to explain it clearly."
"Forget it, little friend, I must have come to Tushita Palace for the sake of Lord Erlang, right?"
A smart person just stops talking and says he doesn't want Li Zhi to be grateful. Who dares to believe it?
When chatting with these big guys who have lived for countless years, Li Zhi was extremely cautious, fearing that he would be involved by accident.
"What Lao Jun said is true. Erlang Zhenjun is my brother-in-law. I heard that he was severely injured by demon thieves and was sent to Lao Jun's palace for treatment. I wonder if he is okay now?"
The purpose of Li Zhi's trip was not to recognize relatives or establish friendship, but to meet Yang Jian.
If Yang Jian recovered as before, he would naturally take his uncle back. If Yang Jian had not received treatment, Li Zhi would have no choice but to take risks.
"Hey, I have the body of a quasi-sage, and I even have countless elixirs, but I am unable to awaken the True Lord Erlang. Come and see-"
Taishang Laojun gently moved the whisk in his hand, and a picture appeared in front of his eyes.
It was a tall furnace, with ferocious red flames burning blazingly. Next to the furnace, a boy was swinging a banana fan rhythmically to keep the temperature of the flames in the furnace.
"Brother Yang——"
In that tall furnace, there was a human-shaped flame that was tens of feet tall. If Li Zhi didn't have the "Golden Eyes of Destruction", he might not be able to see the face of this person clearly.
Sure enough, until now, Yang Jian still maintains the body of "Dharma, Heaven and Earth", and he doesn't understand how he can still mobilize his magic power to maintain such a body when others are in a coma?
Seeing this scene, Li Zhi collapsed inexplicably. Could it be that in order to save people, besides feeding the golden elixir, Li Zhi could only throw it into the Bagua furnace to be tempered?
"My little friend, I have never seen such a scene as Erlang Zhenjun. I really don't know how to start."
"If you say he is dead, he has three souls and seven souls, and even his physical body is intact now; if you say he is still alive, no matter how I summon him, he has never woken up."
"I have tried the 'Great Returning Pill', 'Reviving Soul Pill', and 'Nine Turns Golden Pill' one by one, but they have no effect at all. However, Erlang Zhenjun's physical body has been well tempered. At this time, his physical body has already No less than an ordinary quasi-saint."
Well, after struggling for so long and failing to save the person, this old gentleman actually has the nerve to be complacent here?
"In my opinion, Brother Yang's current condition is like a vegetative state. Training the physical body alone may not be effective. We still need to work on the nerves and soul."
Li Zhi didn't think much and just talked about the matter based on his intuition, but Taishang Laojun was dumbfounded.
"Vegetative"? "nerve"?
The "quasi-sage" who has lived for so many years, Taishang Laojun said he didn't understand what it meant.
Seeing Taishang Laojun's dumbfounded look, Li Zhi realized that he had just let something slip, but he didn't want to explain.
Because, if he really explained it, it would probably be even more unclear.
"Can Laojun prepare a place of absolute isolation for me? I want to give it a try——"
At this point, Li Zhi didn't care much anymore. He said he wanted an absolutely isolated place, where could he find it?
Is it still possible to block Taishang Laojun?
Anyway, a lot of Li Zhi's secrets have been leaked out, and that "God-killing Spear" alone is enough to break the heads of the entire Three Realms.
In order to save Yang Jian, Li Zhi had no choice but to believe in Taishang Laojun.
In fact, Li Zhi also had a safer way, such as taking the unconscious Yang Jian back to Chang'an. The "Mountains and Rivers Map" was a good choice.
"To be honest, unless you have special talent, little friend
Treasure, otherwise we have to wait for True Lord Erlang to awaken on his own. Since you want to give it a try, come to my Tai Chi diagram——"
Taishang Laojun did not ask Li Zhi how to save Yang Jian, but grabbed the void, and a "Tai Chi Diagram" appeared in his hand.
Suddenly, the entire "Hui Immortal Blessed Land" was placed in the void, with the "Prophecy of the Great Way" surrounding it outside the picture, and the "Talks of Heavenly Dao" looming inside the picture.
Just looking at it like this, Li Zhi felt that he seemed to have a lot of enlightenment, as if there was a trace of connection in the dark, which made Li Zhi's whole body and mind melt between heaven and earth.
Wuji generates Tai Chi, Tai Chi transforms into two rituals, two rituals act out three talents, three talents form four images, four images become five elements, five elements form six combinations, six combinations determine seven stars, seven stars come out of the Bagua, and the Bagua leads to the nine palaces...
When Li Zhi woke up again, he found that he had come to a gray place. This gray was somewhat familiar to him. It seemed to be similar to the gray gas in his "dantian"?
The gray gas in Li Zhi's "Dan Tian" was provided to Li Zhi by many "Physical Technique" and "Heart Dao" practitioners. It has grown from the initial traces to the intricate complex it is today.
However, to this day, Li Zhi still doesn't know what the purpose of this inexplicable gray gas is.
In front of Li Zhi, Yang Jian was lying unconscious.
"Brother Yang, I want to take you into my sea of consciousness. I hope I can really save you."
Looking at Yang Jian who was indeed in a "vegetative state", Li Zhi thought silently in his heart.
As soon as Li Zhi sat down quietly, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him. Although the other party had covered it up to the extreme, Li Zhi still felt it.
Except for Taishang Laojun, Li Zhi did not think twice about the people who spied on him.
Li Zhi was very clear about the other party's thoughts. He was driven by "curiosity" and wanted to see how Li Zhi rescued Yang Jian.
Unfortunately, Li Zhi didn't want him to know.
Just now he proposed to find an absolutely isolated place, but Li Zhi had already expected that the other party would bring out the "Tai Chi Diagram".
"Tai Chi Diagram" was used by Li Zhi to block other people, but the action he was about to make was to block even Taishang Laojun.
As Li Zhi thought, Yang Jian, who was dozens of feet long, disappeared in front of him, but Li Zhi slowly closed his eyes and fell into trance?
"What's happening here?"
With the boy and Zhu Bajie beside him, Taishang Laojun did not show any flaws, but his heart at this moment could not be described as more than a stormy sea.
In his "Tai Chi Diagram", Yang Jian, who was dozens of feet long, just disappeared out of thin air?
The problem is, because Yang Jian is already in a complete coma, strictly speaking, he is even worse than the "vegetative state" of later generations, without even breathing or vitality.
If he hadn't been able to sense the integrity of his three souls and seven souls, he would have been nothing more than a lifeless body.
Yang Jian disappeared, but Taishang Laojun could not sense where he had gone. Such a thing had never happened in his "Tai Chi Diagram".
Li Zhi, on the other hand, sat cross-legged there peacefully. Taishang Laojun could sense that he was in concentration, and even took the initiative to close his six senses.
This state is also normal. Many practitioners adopt this method when they are in retreat.
But wasn't Li Zhi going to save Yang Erlang?
Now, Yang Erlang has disappeared, but Li Zhi has chosen to enter meditation?
Taishang Laojun cannot explain everything he sees, because only he can see it himself, and he has no way to discuss it with others. Then again, who can discuss this matter with him?
"Haha, Li Zhi, you are such a cunning little guy, I have actually been fooled by you?..."
In Li Zhi's sea of consciousness, Yang Jian was lying quietly on the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus, and Li Zhi was standing on the side of the lotus platform.
To Li Zhi's left and right, there were two women, one tall and one short.
The short man is dressed in red. He is thirteen or fourteen years old.
It looks like the fire spirit of "True Sun Fire".
The taller one, with long flowing hair, white skirt that touches the floor, and a graceful lotus shape, is even more holy and cool than Bai Suzhen, but she is a woman I have never seen before...
